… with a dash of Boop-oop-ee-doop!

sauce

I did not grow up eating sausage, and the first time I ate Italian Sausage as an adult I did not like it. Trial and error taught me that I don’t like fennel seed.

When I started Weight Watchers (now called simply WW), one of the members @dhallakx7 made a cookbook of low point recipes. This means they are lower in fats and sugars and higher in protein. He made a low fat sausage by using ground turkey instead of pork. I took his recipe a step further by using ground turkey breast (zero points on WW Freestyle) and of course I left out the fennel seed. I made a few other small changes…

I added my turkey “sausage” to a pasta sauce and it’s delicious! Here’s how you can make this low point recipe at home:

Sausage Ingredients:

1 lb ground turkey breast

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp onion powder

1 TB plan, fat free Greek Yogurt

1 tsp dried Italian herbs

1/2 tsp dried basil

1 TB dried oregano

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper

2 TB beef broth

3/4 tsp paprika

1 1/2 TB red wine vinegar

1/4 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)

Sausage Instructions:

Heat a large skillet on medium heat and add turkey.

Stir together all the other ingredients.

As turkey begins to cook (it will turn from pink to white) stir in all other ingredients.

Continue cooking and stirring, breaking up the meat with a spatula as you go.